tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520599647986284277.post726379982722863750..comments2021-02-28T17:44:01.557+10:30Comments on Boring History Girl: where the bloody hell are you meets the rock and roll dreamerKittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08207080621103589053noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520599647986284277.post-34233520030353534152008-04-05T12:57:00.000+10:302008-04-05T12:57:00.000+10:30the first time i went to rome i HATED it. but i'v...the first time i went to rome i HATED it. but i've been back about 7 times since and i now totally love it. the romans are too beautiful tho, and i always feel like such a frump with my backpack on. i wanted to like egypt, but it just didn't work out that way. the ruins and the musuems were fascinating, but interacting with the contemporary culture was just too hard. i also got stoned (no, not like that), stoned when a gang of kids started throwing rocks and me and the friend i was travelling with. doesn't make for great memories.<BR/><BR/>but greece! greece is amazing. the people, the history, the landscape (v similar to australia), the food: all wonderful. honest and down to earth all the way. i'm actually planning my 40th birthday there. did i mention the food?Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207080621103589053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3520599647986284277.post-73805464595099680292008-04-05T04:35:00.000+10:302008-04-05T04:35:00.000+10:30Years ago I had an (ex)boyfriend who's best friend...Years ago I had an (ex)boyfriend who's best friend was Greek... and he went to Greece every summer. It always sounded beyond beautiful but then again ancient studies (Rome, Greece, Egypt) are another slight obsession of mine so I may be slightly prejudiced in my remembering his descriptions.<BR/><BR/>But I would love to see the Parthenon and all the ruins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com